Where Are Your Manners?
February 17, 2013 § 7 Comments
Last week I sent a friendly little email to a high-end fashion denim line with high-end celebrity clientelle (hint hint, they’re newest release has extremely curved seams, distressing, and a flattering boyfriend cut), alerting them to a spelling error in their website’s company bio.
I thought they’d want to know (I always want to know) as it looks really bad to have mistakes of the sort.
Imagine my surprise, when I went back to the site to check on the error to find that it had been fixed, and they never even sent an email back saying, “Thank you.”
It wouldn’t have taken much time. It would’ve been the right thing to have done.
It got my wheels turning in regard to manners in the social media realm.
Are they not important?
Just because we don’t see the people with whom we interact, aren’t we just as inclined to follow proper decorum/human kindness/general niceness?
M.
Thoughts?
Oops! apology card by Man vs. George, one of my favorite artists on Etsy. They also make a wonderful eiffel tower merci beaucoup card, but I thought the band-aid covered vase was appropriate here.
Yes, a thank you email would have been nice. It wouldn’t take them but a few seconds.
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Right???!!!
I agree that a thank you would have been nice! I love that heads up too when I have a grammatical mistake on my site! I will always let you know if you let me know. Deal? AND I will thank you for it!
ilene recently posted…Love Revisited
Deal! Absolutely!
I too agree that a quick thank you email would have been nice. It would have taken all of 2 seconds to write it. I know what you mean about manners and etiquette in the age of social media. Everything is so lightening fast these days that manners seem like an afterthought but I do think that they are stil important. Maybe it is the non-IRL interactions that makes it easier to let manners slide?
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You definitely should have received a courtesy thank you and heads up that they fixed it! I love that card you picked
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Love Man. vs. George. All their stuff is clever.